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My name is Elizabeth and I'll be heading up a second group of Jesse Tree swappers for anyone interested in joining. In order to make this work out for everyone involved there is a deadline to get all 28 people signed up no later than Wednesday November 14 at 12pm. Everyone must consider the time it will take to buy the supplies and then make 28 of the same kind of ornament. Also consider how busy you will be with Thanksgiving coming up. Lorri, the mastermind behind all of this said in the first swapping thread that it took her a total of 3 hours to complete working 1 hr each night. If you are still interested after reading her instructions which I pasted below, please PM me or email me at fernfam@gmail.com with your choices.
If you receive "Faith and Family" magazine, they have an article about doing a Jesse Tree craft swap. The basic idea is that 28 families commit to making 28 copies of a single Jesse Tree ornament. The families then exchange ornaments and each family has a complete set. The ornaments are reusable for years to come.
The basics are:
1. Each person will make 28 copies of the same ornament.
2. The ornaments should be small, about 1-3 inches
3. Be creative - a small rubber bouncy-ball Earth with a hook in top is perfectly ok, and so is handmaking your whole ornament.
4. Do not start making your ornament until I make an announcement that we have filled the swap.
5. Completed ornaments need to be mailed to me by the end of November, along with return postage, so that I can mail them out before Advent. They need to be at my address by November 28th to be mailed November 29th. The ornaments will probably not be at your by the first Sunday of Advent. Please keep that in mind when deciding to participate.
I will give out additional information once I have 28 participants. But feel free to ask any questions you might have and I'll answer right away.
One more thing - if you want to make more than one Jesse Tree to give one as a gift, you can sign up to make 2 different ornaments. You will need to make 28 of each ornament that you are assigned.
The ornaments are:
earth
apple and snake
Mary
ark and rainbow
camel and tent
lamb
colorful coat
doorway with blood
tablet with 10 numbers
cluster of grapes
stick with bronze serpent
whale
sheath of wheat
slingshot
scroll
stump with leaf
lion and lamb together
dove and crown
sheperd's staff
cross
heart with writing
Bethlehem
fiery furnace
brick wall
star
candle or light
angel
baby in manger or nativity scene
God Bless,
Elizabeth
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I want to join! I am so glad you are doing this as I was disappointed to miss out on the first one! I hope it fills up!
My top choices would be:
Star
Cross
Candle
Thanks for heading this up!
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I pm'ed you.
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Thank you for doing this!
I would like to do two:
Jesus
the colorful coat
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I could do a
a scroll or a whale or a lamb- any they all sound fun 
No thanksgiving plans this year as dh is working so if you are short i can do 2
Maggie
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We would like to do it.
My top choices would be:
candle
tablet with 10 numbers
cluster of grapes
star
cross
Thanks.
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We would also like to do it if there are spots left.
My top choices would be:
Star
Angel
candle
baby in manger... but I will tackle any ornamnet
I will pm you. Thanks for heading this up!
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Here's the list I have so far:
lamb- domchurch3
sheperd's staff - domchurch3
colorful coat - TracyFD
whale - CathinCoffeland **
scroll - CathinCoffeeland
cross - Lisa R
heart with writing - Matilda **
star - anniemm
candle - tracym
baby in manger - TracyFD
The ones with asterisks are those ladies who want to make an extra ornament as a gift if there's not enough people to sign up.
The 18 remaining ornaments are:
earth
apple and snake
Mary
ark and rainbow
camel and tent
doorway with blood
tablet with 10 numbers
cluster of grapes
stick with bronze serpent
sheaf with wheat
slingshot
stump with leaf
lion and lamb together
dove and crown
Bethlehem
fiery furnace
brick wall
angel
Please let me know. If the ladies who signed up already have anybody they know from their homeschool groups who would be interested in joining us, have them email me their choices at fernfam@gmail.com Ladies, if you feel it would not be a good idea to go beyond this forum for interested people, please let me know.
God Bless,
Elizabeth
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Elizabeth,
I would like to do:
angel or
Mary
Kathleen
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Update:
The following ladies signed up for these ornaments:
angel - Seastar
Mary - Kathleenmom
Bethlehem - Seastar **
That leaves 15 more ornaments left to be filled by tomorrow noontime. We will just have to wait and see 
Blessings,
Elizabeth
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Dear Ladies,
We were not able to get enough ladies involved for the 2nd group of swappers. It is too near to Thanksgiving for many to participate. I don't think extending the deadline would do any good because that would just put us in a time crunch. If anybody has any suggestions let me know. I, for one would like to see what the 1st group of swappers come up with, perhaps with instructions on how to make their ornaments for those who want to have a swap for next year. In all, we had 10 women willing to do 14 ornaments. Thank You Everyone!
God Bless You All,
Elizabeth
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I am so sorry. Next year we can get a better jump on the sign-up!
BTW...Mary posted her colorful coats here.
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Thanks for you willingness to host a second group and hope we can try again next year!
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Elizabeth,
Bless you for trying to get this swap going.
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Thank you for trying anyways!
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